The new voice of logging in Tasmania

Tasmanian Branch
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
We present Logging Industry Advocacy Services (LIAS) - a fearless advocate for the industry destined to make Australia’s future.
At this time, we’d like to point out some vital truths about logging that seem to have been missed by our mainly Green media fellow travellers.
1) Trees capture and extract carbon dioxide from the air, thus protecting our planet from global warming. If our planet is getting too hot, it’s because we’re not doing enough logging. Remember that carbon is retained in the wood and the paper from trees so it’s our responsibility to keep harvesting trees to make room for more, as well as to create more wood products.
2) Plantations are good for our climate, and for our economy. When farmers sell to trees, it’s like an instant injection of capital into the bush, direct from Pitt St to rural communities. Federal MIS are making it possible for country dwellers everywhere to enjoy a future with more trees and, as a consequence, a better climate and a more secure future. Plantations are an essential ingredient to Australia’s future prosperity.
3) Log trucks are making local Councils widen their roads and strengthen their bridges, thereby making the roads better and safer for everyone. When next you’re on a country road, thank our industry for helping to assure its quality and security.
4) Pulp mills are good for everybody. Not only do they supply the raw materials for vital paper that keeps our economy turning, but they create huge numbers of jobs for local residents. All over the world, people are turning to pulp mills to help them to deal with economic problems like a poor balance of trade. Under strict state government controls, the Tamar pulp mill will be a boon to everyone in the Tamar and in Tasmania.
5) Subsidies are a key component of our industry’s profitability, without them we frankly couldn’t afford to take Tasmania’s trees at all. The greater the subsidies, the greater our profits - and that’s got to be good for everyone - after all the more subsidies we get, the more taxes we can afford to pay. Sadly, in recent years, subsidy levels have only managed to provide a little over $150 million per year (on average) to our industry leader and we believe that it is time to move to a more realistic subsidy level, over $250 million per year at least (not including special subsidies for the pulp mill of course).